CURRICULUM VITAE

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Summary

Computer Science graduate with an AI concentration and a secondary major in Mathematics. Experienced in data analysis, machine learning and computer vision, with AI research in spatial transcriptomics and applied mathematical modeling. Seeking roles in machine learning, applied AI research, or data science.

Experience

Teaching Assistant — Computational Perception
Jan 2025 – May 2025
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH
  • Held weekly office hours for grading, lectures, and class expectations.
  • Graded assignments and quizzes, gave feedback, and pointed students to areas for improvement.
  • Met weekly with the professor to surface common questions.
  • Aided in lesson planning and shaping curriculum goals.
Undergraduate Researcher — AI / Mathematics
Jan 2024 – Feb 2025
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH
  • Researched deconvolution methods for Spatial Transcriptomics data using machine learning and matrix factorization.
  • Created STL NMF — applying unrolled, regularized Non-negative Matrix Factorization to Spatial Transcriptomics data.
  • Showed STL NMF outperformed existing methods at identifying cell types and localizing cancer regions.
  • Presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), Seattle, Jan 2025.
  • Wrote and submitted a paper to the International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP).
Software Developer — Data Science
Jan 2021 – May 2021
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · St. Louis, MO
  • Contributed to PlantCV, an open-source Python library for high-throughput plant phenotyping.
  • Debugged and extended image-analysis functions, including plant image segmentation.
  • Wrote documentation and unit tests to improve usability and reliability.
  • Listed author on PlantCV v4: Image analysis software for high-throughput plant phenotyping.

Competitions

World Wide Technology Hackathon
Oct 2017 – Feb 2018
St. Louis, MO
  • Coding lead as a high-school freshman; wrote ~80% of the team's code.
  • Team won 1st place and a $10,000 prize for our high school.

Skills

Tools
PythonMatLabCJavaRArcGISSolidWorksBlenderPower BITableauExcel
Mathematics

Numerical Analysis · Real Analysis 1 & 2 · Complex Analysis · Abstract Algebra

AI

Artificial Intelligence · Machine Learning · Computer Vision · Computational Perception

Probability

Statistics · Sequential Decision Making

Education

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · Aug 2021 – May 2025

B.S. in Computer Science (AI Concentration)
Secondary Major in Mathematics

3.75/ 4.0 GPA

Certifications

IBM

Data Analysis with Python · Statistics 101 · Deep Learning Fundamentals · IBM Cloud Essentials

Kaggle

Time Series · Feature Engineering · Advanced SQL · Computer Vision

Misc

HackerRank Problem Solving · Simplilearn Power BI · GreatLearning Excel

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